Robot drivers provide an alternative to Offline Programming (where a program is generated, then, transferred to the robot and executed). You can run a simulation from RoboDK directly on the robot (Online Programming). More information available in theRobot Driverssection.

Follow these steps to connect to the robot from RoboDK:

1.Right click the robot in RoboDK

2.Select:Connect to robot…

3.Enter the IP of the robot

4.SelectConnect.

There should be a green message displayingReadyif the connection succeeded.

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Note: If the connection fails, make sure you properly established a Network connection between the computer and the robot. Make sure the computer IP is in the same network as the robot. You may need administrator privileges to do so on Windows. More information in thedriver troubleshootsection.

Note: To better troubleshoot this issue it is recommended to turn Windows Firewall Off.

The robot can be moved by selectingGet robot joints,Move Joints,from the connection menu.

Tip: If the robot becomes unresponsive, double clickingDisconnectforces the driver process to stop. Then, selectingConnectshould restart the connection properly.

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There are two different methods to run the program from the PC to the robot:

1.Run on robotstep by step with feedback in RoboDK (Online Programming):
This method uses the robot as a server and each instruction is sent to the robot step by step as it is executed in the simulator. This method is useful for debugging purposes.

a.Right click the program (Print3D in this example)

b.SelectRun on robot

c.Double click the program to start it (or right click and select Run)

Once this option is checked it will connect to the real robot every time we double click a program (or right click, then, selectRun)

这些操作也可以from theRoboDK APIand it allows integrating robot programming with other applications. The API is available in Python and C# and other programming languages.

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2.Send program to robotgenerates a Python file that can be executed to run the program on the robot. The complete program can also be saved on the robot controller using the default post processor (Robot Offline Programming):

a.Right click the program (Print3D in this example)

b.SelectSend program to robot (Ctrl+F6).

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